World Cup: crazy evening, Japan and Spain in 8th, Germany on the trap

We had experienced emotions this Thursday with the tense end of the match between Belgium and Croatia (0-0), especially when Belgian striker Lukaku had qualifying balls in the very last minutes.

Then especially, with the qualification of Morocco, surprising first of the group F.

In front of their TVs, between two songs to celebrate their achievement, the Moroccans watched the two Group E matches to know their opponent in the round of 16.

The Croats were also waiting.

It is an understatement to say that they had to go through all the emotions as the scores evolved and the twists and turns in the classification of this undecided group.

In the end, Japan beat Spain (2-1) and Germany overcame Costa Rica (4-2).

For nothing... Germany goes by the wayside and lets Japan and Spain join the round of 16 where they will respectively face Croatia (Monday, 4 p.m.) and Spain (Tuesday, 4 p.m.) next week .

For the second consecutive World Cup, Germany is eliminated in the group stage.

The outcome is cruel for the Germans who have the same number of points as Spain but a worse goal difference.

It must be said that the overwhelming success of the Spaniards against Costa Rica (7-0) in the first match had given Luis Enrique's squad a big head start, far from being dashing.

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The Germans were only in a position to qualify after their early opening score by Gnabry (10th).

But when Japan equalized against Spain after the break (1-1, 48th), then took the advantage in stride (2-1, 51st) after a goal long studied by the VAR for a strong suspicion of limit of the field crossed by the ball, things got complicated.

Especially when Keylor Navas' Costa Rica came back to score (1-1 58th) then went ahead (2-1, 70th).

At this moment, the Costa Ricans found themselves second in the group, thus eliminating Spain and Germany from a distance!

Unfortunately for them, the Germans quickly dashed their hopes by equalizing (2-2, 73rd) before taking off late in the game.

But this success will be of no use to them since at the same time Spain has not been able,

When Stéphanie Frappart, the first woman to referee a World Cup match, signaled the end of a match where she was perfect, it was already too late: Japan-Spain was over.

In the stands, we saw German supporters in tears.

Finally, the Mannschaft will first have been talked about for the extra sportsmanship with these hands on the mouth before the first match against Japan (1-2) to protest against the banning of the “One Love” armband.

The only other satisfaction will remain the amazing midfielder Jamal Musiala, only 19 years old.

And who today is the only reason for hope for a team in perpetual reconstruction.